We all wake up in the morning wanting to live our lives the way we know we should. But we usually don't, in small ways. That's what makes a character like Batman so fascinating. He plays out our conflicts on a much larger scale.

The real truth of that is that much as you want to believe that it's you being on top of everything, you're actually relying massively on the people around you.

I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)

I've been interested in dreams since I as a kid and I've wanted to do a film about them for a long time.

Batman and Superman are very different characters but they're both iconic and elemental. Finding the right story for them both is the key.

I believe movies are one of the great American art forms and the shared experience of watching a story unfold on screen is an important and joyful pastime. The movie theatre is my home, and the idea that someone would violate that innocent and hopeful place in such an unbearably savage way is devastating to me.

Particularly, the actors, to have analyzed the script in great detail from the point of view of their specific character. So that they have a handle on exactly where the character is in the chronology of things. In that sense the actors become your best check on the logic of the piece, and the way in which it all fits together. They become essential collaborators. The main thing is you have to work with very smart actors.